Mercyhurst University

Mercyhurst University suffered a data breach after an unauthorized party accessed the sensitive information belonging to certain students and faculty members.

The breach compromised the names and Social Security numbers of affected parties.

Mercyhurst sent out data breach letters to all affected parties, informing them about the incident and the steps they need to take further.

Source: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/mercyhurst-university-announces-data-6291791/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/mercyhurst-university

"id": "mer1038131222",
"linkid": "mercyhurst-university",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "11/2022",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Education',
                        'name': 'Mercyhurst University',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
                                              'Social Security numbers']},
 'description': 'Mercyhurst University suffered a data breach after an '
                'unauthorized party accessed the sensitive information '
                'belonging to certain students and faculty members.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names', 'Social Security numbers']},
 'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Data breach letters sent to affected '
                                        'parties'},
 'threat_actor': 'Unauthorized Party',
 'title': 'Mercyhurst University Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}